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As you've surely noticed by now, we've reached the calendaric triumph of 12-12-12 (the potential last "vertical" for many of us) today. When my social feeds starting overflowing with the anticipation yesterday, I had one of those immediate, half-baked ideas. "Could I make a list of pop culture 12s?"

Like all knee-jerk concepts, I had a few thoughts already in mind: Ocean's Twelve, Twelve Days of Christmas, etc. 12 Angry Men is a personal fave. I remember being introduced to it in early high school, my first viewing of Henry Fonda and an introduction to John Fielder's face (I immediately recognized the voice of Piglet though). Plus, there are 12 districts in The Hunger Games and Katniss hails from … District 12.

OK, clearly there was something to this. It started to feel like the perfect blend of topical and absurd-yet-interesting. And when I threw it out to people on Facebook and Twitter (#PCAsks), the plentiful debate was too much to ignore. It was time to construct the BuzzFeed-iest post I ever thought of. Without further ado…

"12 pop culture 12s for 12-12-12"

In no particular order:

Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass, Remember The Titans

Plenty of great athletes have donned the dozen: Joe Namath, Jon Stockton, Portlandia star LaMarcus Aldridge. In fantasy football (of the literal variety), only two QBs immediately come to mind and no one really likes JD McCoy at Dillon High.

I recognize I was born after this song made its debut, but I maintain it would be the best '80s song for any modern band to cover. That alone should qualify Cyndi Lauper's greatest hits for this group.

The DeLorean DMC-12, Back to the Future

This was the only model ever manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company, meaning Marty McFly and Doc Brown are, yet again, intricately related to time.

Zodiac

David Fincher's most underrated film is named after the killer who is named after the 12-part coordinate system. But for the direct dozen-connection, the film's composer (Scott Shire) created the aural ambiance by focusing on 12 tones — never repeating them, only manipulating the sounds.

It's no Trapped in the Closet (which was first released as the initial 12 chapters). Still, the album features the above gem.

Twelve, Street Fighter

Talk about obscure. In the Street Fighter universe, Gill (not playable in the original arcade version) creates Twelve (ditto) as sort of a shape-shifting supersoldier. Um, at least the original (Street Fighter II) has 12 characters?